diff --git a/features/FEATURE_BLE/ble/gap/AdvertisingParameters.h b/features/FEATURE_BLE/ble/gap/AdvertisingParameters.h
index 18e9c83f37..304abddaad 100644
--- a/features/FEATURE_BLE/ble/gap/AdvertisingParameters.h
+++ b/features/FEATURE_BLE/ble/gap/AdvertisingParameters.h
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ public:
         _minInterval(minInterval),
         _maxInterval(maxInterval),
         _peerAddressType(target_peer_address_type_t::PUBLIC),
-        _ownAddressType(own_address_type_t::PUBLIC),
+        _ownAddressType(own_address_type_t::RANDOM),
         _policy(advertising_filter_policy_t::NO_FILTER),
         _primaryPhy(phy_t::LE_1M),
         _secondaryPhy(phy_t::LE_1M),
diff --git a/features/FEATURE_BLE/ble/gap/ScanParameters.h b/features/FEATURE_BLE/ble/gap/ScanParameters.h
index 494cc818f6..9eb9c610bc 100644
--- a/features/FEATURE_BLE/ble/gap/ScanParameters.h
+++ b/features/FEATURE_BLE/ble/gap/ScanParameters.h
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ public:
         scan_window_t scan_interval = scan_interval_t::min(),
         scan_interval_t scan_window = scan_window_t::min(),
         bool active_scanning = false,
-        own_address_type_t own_address_type = own_address_type_t::PUBLIC,
+        own_address_type_t own_address_type = own_address_type_t::RANDOM,
         scanning_filter_policy_t scanning_filter_policy = scanning_filter_policy_t::NO_FILTER
     ) :
         own_address_type(own_address_type),
diff --git a/features/FEATURE_BLE/source/gap/ConnectionParameters.cpp b/features/FEATURE_BLE/source/gap/ConnectionParameters.cpp
index 3ed5b646ef..837a706f85 100644
--- a/features/FEATURE_BLE/source/gap/ConnectionParameters.cpp
+++ b/features/FEATURE_BLE/source/gap/ConnectionParameters.cpp
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ ConnectionParameters::ConnectionParameters(
     conn_event_length_t maxEventLength
 ) :
     _filterPolicy(initiator_filter_policy_t::NO_FILTER),
-    _ownAddressType(own_address_type_t::PUBLIC)
+    _ownAddressType(own_address_type_t::RANDOM)
 {
     for (uint8_t i = 0; i < MAX_PARAM_PHYS; ++i) {
         _enabledPhy[i] = false;